학술논문
Genome evolution and the emergence of pathogenicity in avian Escherichia coli
Document Type
article
Author
Leonardos Mageiros; Guillaume Méric; Sion C. Bayliss; Johan Pensar; Ben Pascoe; Evangelos Mourkas; Jessica K. Calland; Koji Yahara; Susan Murray; Thomas S. Wilkinson; Lisa K. Williams; Matthew D. Hitchings; Jonathan Porter; Kirsty Kemmett; Edward J. Feil; Keith A. Jolley; Nicola J. Williams; Jukka Corander; Samuel K. Sheppard
Source
Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2021)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2041-1723
Abstract
It is unclear how gut-dwelling E. coli bacteria often emerge to cause systemic infection in chickens. Here, Mageiros et al. use population genomics and pangenome-wide association studies to identify genetic elements associated with pathogenicity in avian E. coli.